(FAYETTEVILLE, Ar.) — I’ll be honest, I’ve never been to Fayetteville, Arkansas. In my mind, there was only one good reason, anyway, to visit this city of 75,000 tucked away inconspicuously in the northwestern corner of the state. Never mind that it was once named the third best place to live in the United States, or one of the best places to retire in the South, or the 24th-best city for business and careers. For me, the ONLY reason to drive ten and half hours to Fayetteville in the middle of a winter monsoon is to attend a University of Arkansas basketball game at Bud Walton Arena—especially when the Kentucky Wildcats come a calling.

School authorities reacted quickly Tuesday in the arrest of a 19-year-old Clay County High School student that made threats to three classmates.
Matthew Charles Collins, 19, of Annville, faces three counts of terroristic threatening 2nd degree.
According to the arrest citation filed by school resource officer Gary Harris, Collins was talking with three other students and told them not to come to school tomorrow because there was going to be a shooting and told them they would be the victims.
Students reported the threat immediately and school personnel reacted quickly in apprehending Collins.
You can read more about this arrest in the Wednesday, February 21st edition of The Enterprise.

In 2016 Clay County was tied with Breathitt County with the third highest percentage of residents on SSI disability at 15%. All of the top ten counties in the state are located in Eastern Kentucky. Only Owsley (18) and Wolfe (17) have a higher percentage that Clay.